Are you ready to take the plunge?
“Don’t ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive, and go do that, because what the world needs is people who have come alive.” — Howard Thurman
Whether you are thinking of a gap year, are currently in college, or find yourself at a crossroads…we invite you to follow the call…whether you are looking for a creative challenge or an adventure, seeking to serve a higher purpose, wishing to step out of the routine or push yourself beyond your comfort zone…re-invent yourself or re-define the world…we welcome you into a journey of immense possibilities! Here you will find many interesting opportunities, stories, inspirations and ideas for self-exploration, volunteering, internships, travel, self-designed learning and radical experiments! They range from short-term workshops to long-term Fellowship or scholarship programs. This journey may also take you to inspiring people and organizations willing to host you as an intern or a volunteer, creative spaces for self-retreats or active social engagement…into the unknown and so much more! Join a tribe of fellow travelers…fellow wanderers, seekers, explorers! What is your heart calling you towards? Are you ready to take the plunge?
“When was the last time you did something for the first time?”
“The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.” — Mahatma Gandhi
“Let yourself be silently drawn by the strange pull of what you really love. It will not lead you astray.”
“Let the beaty of what you love be what you do.”
“What you seek is seeking you.”― Rumi
“In order to find one’s way, one must first be lost.” — An African Proverb
“The purpose of life is to find your unique gift. The meaning of life is to share it with the world!” — Unknown
“Truth is a pathless land.” — J. Krishnamurti
“Run from what’s comfortable. Forget safety. Live where you fear to live. Destroy your reputation. Be notorious. I have tried prudent planning long enough. From now on, I’ll be mad.”― Rumi
“We have to continue to learn. We have to be open. And we have to be ready to release our knowledge in order to come to a higher understanding of reality.”~ Thich Nhat Hanh
“What you must know is exactly the thing you want to do in life. The time needed to learn it does not matter at all. For those who wish to live according to Truth, there is always something to learn and some progress to make.”- The Mother (Auroville, India) (CWM-14, p. 5)
“Sometimes our body is willing, but our mind is weak. Sometimes our mind is willing, but our body is weak. Do not be afraid. Strive to extend your capacity but do not be disappointed with yourself. What does not challenge us, cannot change us.”~ B. K. S. Iyengar
“Arise! Awake! And stop not, until the goal is reached.” — Swami Vivekananda
“If you don’t know where you are going any road can take you there.”~ Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland
LETTERS TO A YOUNG POET
Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart
and to try to love the questions themselves
like locked rooms and like books that are written
in a very foreign tongue.
Do not now seek the answers,
which cannot be given you
because you would not be able to live them.
And the point is, to live everything.
Live the questions now.
Perhaps you will then gradually, without noticing it,
live along some distant day
into the answer.
– Rainer Maria Rilke
Traveller,
OCTOBER 15, 2016 ~ FLAW RAINLIGHT
T. E. Pyrus
Tell me a story, traveller,
of unwalked roads you walked alone
beneath the blue and sunlit sky,
paved with earth or cobblestone
and straying clouds that wander by.
of strange lands and stranger folks
and strange songs they sang with you,
in strange tongues they call their home,
that, in your dreams, was somewhere new.
of temporary loves you loved,
then set your broken lovers free,
and healed your broken, heartless soul
beneath the starry sky and sea.
of darkened woods and foreign sound
that haunt the night-time every night.
of moons that follow footsteps quiet
and stars that watch in silent light.
of stormy nights and thunderclouds
that failed to bring your childish fears,
and drowning rain that drowned the winds
and brought you melancholic tears.
of snowy golden sunsets high
on mountain sides, ragged and old
and tears of wonder, tears of joy,
love of stories left untold.
of rivers running swiftly by
your resting sleep ere break of day.
of twilights that blanket the sky
and sweep the orange clouds away.
of lost lanterns and memories
and aimless wandering in the night.
of faraway towns of scattered starry
homes so warm and hearts so bright.
of lone camp-fires’ dancing songs
and lonely faded quiet applause.
of longing and of selfish pain,
of losing love and loving loss.
Tell me a story, traveller,
of reminiscing in grateful shade,
and of your final travel home
before your loving memories fade.
”You start dying slowly”
You start dying slowly ;
if you do not travel,
if you do not read,
If you do not listen to the sounds of life,
If you do not appreciate yourself.
You start dying slowly:
When you kill your self-esteem,
When you do not let others help you.
You start dying slowly ;
If you become a slave of your habits,
Walking everyday on the same paths…
If you do not change your routine,
If you do not wear different colours
Or you do not speak to those you don’t know.
You start dying slowly:
If you avoid to feel passion
And their turbulent emotions;
Those which make your eyes glisten
And your heart beat fast.
You start dying slowly:
If you do not risk what is safe for the uncertain,
If you do not go after a dream,
If you do not allow yourself,
At least once in your lifetime,
To run away…..
You start dying Slowly
Love yourself — — -Love your life ………
— -by Pablo Neruda
Nobel Prize for Literature in 1971
